22 Preliminaries
can be made self-adjoint:
Ayi = aitl (Yitl - Yi) - ai (Yi - Yi-i) - di Yi= -<pi,
i = 1, 2, ... , N - 1.
Indeed, we multiply equation (36) by the function T/i f. 0 and involve
the conditions Ai T/i = ai and Bi T/i = ai+I, whose use permits us to establish
Ai+ 1 T/it 1 = Bi T/i = ai+ 1 and
Bi
T/itl = ~A 17i = T/1
it 1
where 7) 1 is an arbitrary constant. As a result we get the equation A Yi =
-<pi with <p; = TJi Fi and a;= Ai T)i, di= (Ci - A; - B;) 17; =Ci - ai - a;+1,
Ci = Ci T/i.
By applying the elimination formulae to the proble1n
(37) Ayi = ai Yi-1 - Ci Yi+ aitl Yitl =-<pi,
i = 1, 2, ... , N - 1, Yo= 0,
we deduce the estimate
(38)
under the natural premises
(39)
The computational formulae of the right elimination method help derive
estimate (38):
Yi = CYitl Yitl + /3itl ,
(40) O'.itl
/3i+l = ----ai /3i + <pi
Ci - O'.i ai
i = 0, 1, ... , N - 1,
i=l,2, ... ,N-1,
i=l,2, ... ,N-1,